ESP-IDF library for managing NFC cards using MFRC522 module

Introduction RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a widely used technology for contactless identification, access control, and short-range data transfer. The MFRC522 is a popular RFID reader/writer that supports ISO/IEC 14443 Type A cards such as MIFARE Classic and NTAG families. The esp-idf-rc522 library is a lightweight and efficient ESP-IDF component, written…

Send WiFi Credentials to ESP32 with Flutter using SmartConfig

In this blog I will try to explain how to use esp_smartconfig library in Flutter to create a mobile application that sends WiFi credentials to an unprovisioned ESP32 device using the SmartConfig protocol. This article also serves as a written version of my YouTube video on the same topic: I…

ESP-IDF on WSL2 – Build, Flash and Monitor

After I published a post about idfx (tool for flashing ESP-IDF applications on WSL2) I have decided to describe in this post a complete process about how to install ESP-IDF on WSL2 and how to use idfx. This post is written form of my youtube video about the same topic….

idfx – Tool for flashing ESP-IDF apps on WSL2

If you haven’t already heard for WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) that is a great feature of Windows that lets us to run Linux OS directly on Windows like any other application, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup. WSL2 becomes very helpful especially for the…

WiFi-Controlled RC Car with Web-Based Interface

This project uses the ESP8266 chip, but in a unique server role, creating a dynamic interface for controlling an RC car via a WiFi network. Upon connecting to the server’s IP address via a web browser on a mobile device, users are presented with a JavaScript application. This app establishes…